Ancient Body Paint May Have Been Prehistoric Sunscreen, Study Says

Ancient Body Paint May Have Been Prehistoric Sunscreen, Study Says

Ochre body paint may have been a form of prehistoric sunscreen that helped early humans survive a sudden increase in ultraviolet (UV) radiation around 41,000 years ago.That's a fascinating new hypothesis recently put forward by an international team of geoscientists and anthropologists, led by researchers at the University of Michigan. Their study reconstructs the global space environment during the end of the Last Glacial Period, and it fin…